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Rumi Sakamoto is a senior lecturer in Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland. Her research focuses on war memory and nationalism in post-1990s Japan, especially in popular culture and media.
It is no secret that Japan suffers sexism and gender disparity, despite the government’s often stated commitment to gender equality, says Rumi Sakamoto.
On July 1, a fleet of five vessels will set off from Kushiro, Hokkaido, on what will be Japan's first commercial whaling expedition since 1988.